Chapter 34

           IkeptmysideofthepromiseasfirmlyasIkeptholdofherhand.SheledmeupthroughthetreestoapointhigherthanwhereIhadforcedmywayoverthegulleytheweekbefore,towheretherewasapathacross,withsomerough-hewnsteps.Ihadtoletgoofherhandbecauseofthenarrownessofthepath,butatthetopoftheothersideshewaitedandhelditoutformetotakeagain.Wewentoverariseandthere,ontheupperslopeofalittlehollow,stoodastatue.Irecognizeditatonce.ItwasacopyofthefamousPoseidonfishedoutoftheseanearEuboeaatthebeginningofthecentury.Ihadapostcardofitinmyroom.Thesuperbmanstoodonashortraisedfloorofnaturalrockthathadbeenroughlyleveledoff,hislegsastride,hismajesticforearmpointingsouthtothesea,asinscrutablyroyal,asmercilesslydivineasanyartifactinthehistoryofman;athingasmodernasHenryMooreandasoldastherockitstoodon.EventhenIwasstillsurprisedthatConchishadnotshownittomebefore;Iknewareplicalikethatmusthavecostasmallfortune;andtokeepitsocasually,soinacorner,unspokenof…againIwasremindedofdeDeukans;andofthatgreatdramaticskill,theartoftimingone’ssurprises.Westoodandlookedatit.Shesmiledatmyimpressedface,thenledmetoawoodenseatunderanalmondtreeontheslopebehindthestatue.Onecouldseethedistantseaoverthetreetops,butthestatuewasinvisibletoanyoneclosetotheshore.Wesatdownintheshade.

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